The Best Slice Correction Tip in Golf - Reverse Pivot Weight Shift-(Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles
The Best Slice Correction Tip in Golf - Reverse Pivot Weight Shift-(Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles

So, here is another great tip on corrections that could be related to a sliced golf ball. If you start with a slice, just investigate whether the slice is caused by a reverse pivot. Now, reverse pivot is a term that we use to describe whether the body weight is moving in the right way or not. So, in my good set up position, if we look how the body weight should move, it should be 50-50 to start with, with the mid iron, moving across to the right side in the back swing and then back across to the left side in the follow through.

Now, reverse pivot is an opposite weight shift over the mat. The body weight would be going to the left side in the back swing and then reversing from the left side to the right side during the follow through causing a very weak shot and often a shot that slices from left to right. The reverse pivot is often the cause of the club coming out away from the body ultimately leaving to an over the top, cutting across golf swing.

So, if we can now look at an exercise, which should help you identify whether you reverse pivot and stopping reverse pivoting if you do. So, taking a mid iron and a normal stance and ball position, just shuffle your feet a little bit narrower than that. The feet are a bit closer. Feel how your body weight is 50-50 either foot. Now, as you make your back swing, let the left foot come up into the air completely. So, as you are standing over onto right side, you’ve loaded up. You can’t do anything other than load up to your right leg.

Then, in the follow through, let the right foot lift up completely, so you’re standing on your left leg. So, if you have this nice rocking action of one leg then the other leg, you have to be moving your chest in the right direction. You have to be winding up and turning through the ball. You clearly couldn’t be reversed pivoting and lifting your foot up at the same time. So, you just take that mid iron, slightly narrower stance, some nice rhythmical swings, one leg up, then the other leg up.

You should feel that as you’re doing that exercise, you can start to feel the correct shift of body weight. Then, you can start doing that drill again, but this time keeping the feet down but keeping them lightly on the ground. So, as I swing back now, my left foot stays down, but it is very light. As I swing through, my right foot stays, but it is very light. Then take it into your full swing, and you should feel that you can get that transition of body weight with a little bit more speed. Hopefully, that exercise would help stop the reverse pivot.

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So, here is another great tip on corrections that could be related to a sliced golf ball. If you start with a slice, just investigate whether the slice is caused by a reverse pivot. Now, reverse pivot is a term that we use to describe whether the body weight is moving in the right way or not. So, in my good set up position, if we look how the body weight should move, it should be 50-50 to start with, with the mid iron, moving across to the right side in the back swing and then back across to the left side in the follow through.

Now, reverse pivot is an opposite weight shift over the mat. The body weight would be going to the left side in the back swing and then reversing from the left side to the right side during the follow through causing a very weak shot and often a shot that slices from left to right. The reverse pivot is often the cause of the club coming out away from the body ultimately leaving to an over the top, cutting across golf swing.

So, if we can now look at an exercise, which should help you identify whether you reverse pivot and stopping reverse pivoting if you do. So, taking a mid iron and a normal stance and ball position, just shuffle your feet a little bit narrower than that. The feet are a bit closer. Feel how your body weight is 50-50 either foot. Now, as you make your back swing, let the left foot come up into the air completely. So, as you are standing over onto right side, you’ve loaded up. You can’t do anything other than load up to your right leg.

Then, in the follow through, let the right foot lift up completely, so you’re standing on your left leg. So, if you have this nice rocking action of one leg then the other leg, you have to be moving your chest in the right direction. You have to be winding up and turning through the ball. You clearly couldn’t be reversed pivoting and lifting your foot up at the same time. So, you just take that mid iron, slightly narrower stance, some nice rhythmical swings, one leg up, then the other leg up.

You should feel that as you’re doing that exercise, you can start to feel the correct shift of body weight. Then, you can start doing that drill again, but this time keeping the feet down but keeping them lightly on the ground. So, as I swing back now, my left foot stays down, but it is very light. As I swing through, my right foot stays, but it is very light. Then take it into your full swing, and you should feel that you can get that transition of body weight with a little bit more speed. Hopefully, that exercise would help stop the reverse pivot.